The accompanying data gives weights (in pounds) of plastic (and other materials)

discarded by a sample of households, along with the sizes of the households. The
relationship between household size and plastic discarded is important to the Census
Bureau, which provided project funding, because the presence of a correlation suggests
that we can predict population size by analyzing discarded garbage.

Make a scatterplot of these two variables. Based on the Census Bureau's motivation for
the study, which variable should you plot on the y axis?
Y = population size
X = plastic garbage (pounds)
Perform the regression according to your choice of y and x variables. Do you think that
the Census Bureau can indeed use data from plastic in garbage to predict population
size? Support your answer with R, R2 and p-value for coefficient’s significant test.

The Simple Linear Regression Model is:

Y = β0 + β 1 X +ε

The Simple Linear Regression Equation is:

Y^ =b0 +b1 X

Y^ =1,080+ 1,376 X